So one day i opened RDR2 it ran fine then i found some new mods to install and then i loaded it up and this fucker appeared right on to me
A goddamn revolver spinning endlessly, i tried changing to Vulkan to DX12 in the rockstar folder but it didn't fixed it
So any man here knows why?
New Information After the loading with the images is done it just turn into this pure pit of darkness plus the music stops too

Edited May 21, 20241 yr by Free Lad
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Hello,

Was the game loading fine before you installed the new mods?

What mods did you install?

 

A mod that might help speed up the loading process is this:

Main and Legal Menu Skip

https://www.rdr2mods.com/downloads/rdr2/other/304-main-and-legal-menu-skip/

It will cut your loading time in half, and load you into story mode, im suggesting it as it might help with your situation,

however that depends on your answer to my two questions above.

 

11 hours ago, Gunter Severloh said:

Hello,

Was the game loading fine before you installed the new mods?

What mods did you install?

 

A mod that might help speed up the loading process is this:

Main and Legal Menu Skip

https://www.rdr2mods.com/downloads/rdr2/other/304-main-and-legal-menu-skip/

It will cut your loading time in half, and load you into story mode, im suggesting it as it might help with your situation,

however that depends on your answer to my two questions above.

 

I already deleted the mods i have installed and it's still the same nonetheless i have already reinstalled the game and it's now working fine and the only thing that i can conclude as why that happen is just some file probably got corrupted.

Sounds like that's might what have happened something got corrupted, doing a verify integrity of cache

should fix any issues related to the files, will cost less time then reinstalling the whole game as it checks the integrity

of all the files. That is if your game is on steam, but glad you got it sorted! Cheers!

 

 

Getting back to this subject i have some possible solutions for those getting the infinite loading screen.

    Based on my own discoveries, and feedback on my Bandit Hideouts mod with similar issues, we solved this, so here

are a couple of solutions that may fix the issue if your using either AB Scripthhook or ScripthookRDR2 V2 version.

 

If your using 

ScripthookRDR2 V2 then you need to set the following to false in the ScriptHookConfig.ini like this:
[Lua]
Load on startup = false

[Interface]
Enable = false

[Overlay]
Enable = false

[General]
Enable Reload Hotkey = true
Show errors = true
Show notifications = true

[Open Key]
Hold Key = 16
Press Key = 45
 

If your using Rampage trainer along with AB Scripthook then Rampage may be causing the issue.

Maybe you changed a mod or file, revert it.

On 4/7/2025 at 12:25 AM, Gunter Severloh said:

Getting back to this subject i have some possible solutions for those getting the infinite loading screen.

    Based on my own discoveries, and feedback on my Bandit Hideouts mod with similar issues, we solved this, so here

are a couple of solutions that may fix the issue if your using either AB Scripthhook or ScripthookRDR2 V2 version.

 

If your using 

ScripthookRDR2 V2 then you need to set the following to false in the ScriptHookConfig.ini like this:
[Lua]
Load on startup = false

[Interface]
Enable = false

[Overlay]
Enable = false

[General]
Enable Reload Hotkey = true
Show errors = true
Show notifications = true

[Open Key]
Hold Key = 16
Press Key = 45
 

If your using Rampage trainer along with AB Scripthook then Rampage may be causing the issue.

Thank you man, that actually fixed it for me. Why did it work after changing the settings? Are there any disadvantages because of that?

As you can see in the settings itself of the ini, it disables the startup, overlay, and interface, unless your

using something for developing a mod or working on a script their really not needed.

Disadvantages? Not really, game wont load with it enabled so that is a disadvantage just having it enabled,

outside that idk, im sure someone else could comment on the subject, but imo your not losing anything

with those set.

On 4/6/2025 at 4:25 PM, Gunter Severloh said:

Getting back to this subject i have some possible solutions for those getting the infinite loading screen.

    Based on my own discoveries, and feedback on my Bandit Hideouts mod with similar issues, we solved this, so here

are a couple of solutions that may fix the issue if your using either AB Scripthhook or ScripthookRDR2 V2 version.

 

If your using 

ScripthookRDR2 V2 then you need to set the following to false in the ScriptHookConfig.ini like this:
[Lua]
Load on startup = false

[Interface]
Enable = false

[Overlay]
Enable = false

[General]
Enable Reload Hotkey = true
Show errors = true
Show notifications = true

[Open Key]
Hold Key = 16
Press Key = 45
 

If your using Rampage trainer along with AB Scripthook then Rampage may be causing the issue.

Hey, man! I want to invite you to follow the discuss about this topic on the ScriptHookRDR2 V2 page [https://www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/1472?tab=posts&BH=3] on the last part of the first page i´m talking about all the topics about the controversial ScriptHookConfig.ini file and it´s configuration an the relation of the Lua Motor to solve all the clues for everyone. I created a ScriptHookConfig.ini file for ScriptHookRDR2 V2 https://www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/8322?tab=description to share with those who can´t see the native .ini file that the ScriptHookRDR2 V2 generates by itself, but with your knowledge i ask you if u want to help me refine the method and the code, and to do more deep research of this topics and to find a solution to the Rampage.asi because i think that the clue is to update the Algorythm of the Rampage.asi and merge it with the Algorythm of the Latest version of the Ultimate ASI Loader file dinput8.dll [https://github.com/ThirteenAG/Ultimate-ASI-Loader/releases]. Is the one that mix better with the ScriptHookRDR2.dll but the issue of using the Rampage.asi its because its not the same Algorythm SHA512. The configuration that you are making it´s an amazing find of the Lua Scripting engine.

In the description page of the ScriptHookRDR2 V2 you can find this:

Changelogs

Version 2.0

• Fixed Interface not working on Window resize (VULKAN & DX12)

• Fixed issues with Vulkan and DX12 not working for some people

• Fixed Keybinds not working on Window resize while running on Vulkan

• Fixed crash on mods reloading

• Fixed infinite blackscreen on save game reload

• Extended possible .asi mod limit from 60 to 400. (AB has 60)

• Added Config

• Added Config Editor

• Added Lua Scripting engine

• Improved performance by 10% (Average FPS boost of 10% compared to older versions and AB)

So, it´s certainly a 99% that some issues are caused because of the Load on startup = true of the Lua Scripting engine if you don´t have any Lua Tools or the Lua Motor installed. Probably the unique issue of having the Load on startup = false it´s if you have one or more of this tools because some of that tools need to Load on startup = truelike the RedLua.

Component	Current Status	Recommended	Expected Impact
ScriptHookRDR2 V2 Lua engine	Verified: ScriptHookRDR2 V2 adds a Lua scripting engine, and the community reports that Load on startup = false disables automatic Lua loading. nexusmods+2	Consider this the main component affected by your setting. reddit+1	If you have Lua scripts that depend on V2's internal engine, they won't start automatically with false. reddit+2
RedLua	Verified for RDR2: It's a Lua library for RDR2; it looks for scripts in RedLua\\Scripts\\ and loads them automatically if Autorun is enabled. nexusmods+1 reddit	Treat this as a standalone system until you confirm otherwise in your installation. reddit	It can have its own startup via Autorun, not necessarily controlled by ScriptHookConfig.ini. reddit
LuaEngine	Verified for RDR2: It's a ScriptHook mod for writing Lua mods; it uses scripts/lua/mod and reloads with F5. github	Mark it as "Lua-capable," but with unconfirmed autorun in the reviewed source. github	It can load Lua mods within its own stream, but I couldn't verify explicit autoload at startup. github
RedHook LUA	Excluded for this case: the reviewed evidence is for Red Dead Redemption PC, not Red Dead Redemption 2. rdr2mods+1	Don't mix it with your RDR2 diagnosis. rdr2mods+1	Avoid false positives when checking Lua mods. rdr2mods+1